A Living Past: Peter Paul Rubens and Antiquity

Getty Museum curators Anne Woollett, Davide Gasparotto, and Jeffrey Spier discuss Peter Paul Ruben’s activities as a collector of ancient works of art, his role in a lively network of humanist scholars, and how the artist’s knowledge of the classical past shaped his creative process.

This was program was presented via Zoom on Thursday November 18, 2021, https://www.getty.edu/visit/cal/event..., and complements the exhibition "Rubens: Picturing Antiquity," on view at the Getty Villa Museum until January 24, 2022, https://www.getty.edu/art/exhibitions....

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